Response of soil microbial communities to management strategies for enhancing Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) establishment on heather (Calluna vulgaris) moorland

TitleResponse of soil microbial communities to management strategies for enhancing Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) establishment on heather (Calluna vulgaris) moorland
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsCurlevski N.JA, Artz R.RE, Anderson I.C, Cairney J.WG
JournalPlant and Soil
Volume339
Pagination413-424
Date PublishedFeb
ISBN Number0032-079x
Accession NumberWOS:000286204800032
KeywordsAfforestation, boreal forest, burning, diversity, DNA, ectomycorrhizal, forest management, fungal communities, heathland, prescribed fire, rna, soil fungi, soil microbial activity, wet sclerophyll forest, wildfire
Abstract

Active management to encourage the expansion of native pine woodland onto neighbouring moorland has been suggested as a tool to promote increases in forest area to combat climate change. Low intensity burning has previously been shown to increase pine seedling establishment, however the effect of this on below-ground diversity and functioning in these important terrestrial carbon stores is equivocal. Here, we assessed the effect of a single burn and grazing exclosures after a 6 year period on soil microbial respiratory activity and fungal community structure using terminal restriction fragment polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis. The combined data suggest that the strategy of a single prescribed burn to facilitate Scots pine establishment had no lasting effect on either fungal taxonomic richness, fungal community composition or microbial activity. Thus, our findings support the proposed use of single, low intensity, prescribed burns in regenerating Scots pine forests as a low impact management tool.

Short TitlePlant Soil
Alternate JournalPlant Soil<br/>Plant Soil
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